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But Beautiful

June, 2007. This Ocean Grove image taken from inside the GA, was featured in Bell, Bell and DuFresne’s book on the Great Auditorium—–available in the Historical Society Museum. Photo by Paul Goldfinger

BOB DYLAN with “But Beautiful.” From his new album Triplicate.

“Love is funny, or it’s sadOr it’s quiet, or it’s madIt’s a good thing or it’s badBut beautiful…Beautiful to take a chance and if you fall you fallAnd I’m thinking I wouldn’t mind at all…“

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Editor’s note: Song lyrics are poetry. That “poem” is one verse from the words to the song “But Beautiful.” Johnny Burke wrote the words; Jimmy Van Heusen the music. It is from a movie called Road to Rio.(1947). Bing Crosby sang it in the film.

Here are the full lyrics:

“Love is funny, or it’s sad,
Or it’s quiet, or it’s mad.
It’s a good thing, or it’s bad,
But beautiful

“Beautiful to take a chance
And if you fall, you fall,
And I’m thinking,
I wouldn’t mind at all.

“Love is tearful, or it’s gay,
It’s a problem, or it’s play.
It’s a heartache either way,
But beautiful

‘And I’m thinking, if you were mine,
I’d never let you go.
And that would be but beautiful,
I know.

“And I’m thinking, if you were mine,
I’d never let you go.
And that would be but beautiful,
That would be but beautiful
I know.”